Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to remain fearless in his fight again the dread Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
Akpabio, while speaking with journalists yesterday at Caverton Helicopter hangar near the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos explained that the news of the unveiling of the sponsorship of Boko Haram, the arrest of the big shot, automatically shows “that we are beginning to solve the problem”.
He stated that the arrests of the spokesman of the group and a senator allegedly involved in the sponsorship of the sect was a major set back for them, hinting, “I see the end to Boko Haram and a major thing coming with this development”.
“I will urge the President to ensure that no matter who is involved, no matter the person’s status in the society, any Nigerian that sponsors criminality must be brought to book and that is the way I run my state”.
He added that every single individual, no matter his status that is linked with sponsorship of criminality must be brought to book, stressing that it was pleasing that for the first time, the veil of secrecy is being lifted with the unveiling of sponsors of criminality in Nigeria.
His words, “For me, it is not worrisome. It is pleasing news that for the first time we are now having the cloak, the veil of secrecy is been lifted and sponsors of criminality in Nigeria are been unveiled and as far as I am concerned, this is the beginning of the cure for the problem”.
“This is the first time we are touching the real issue, because if you are able to get the sponsors to face justice, it means those who are being sponsored will no longer be available. Most of these young people are unemployed and some of them are quite young, they can’t actually distinguish right from wrong”.
He chided politicians and their likes for unjustifiably using the youths and put them in a situation where they will be a menace to the society, noting that the news of the unveiling of the sponsorship of Boko Haram, the arrest of the big shot, automatically shows that Nigerians are beginning to solve the issue of terrorism.
According to him, “Last year if you are aware, there was a very big fish that was involved in sending terror text messages to individuals under different guises that the governor has promised to kill them that they should bring money. Eventually when he was arrested by the State Security Service who came in a team from Abuja, inspite the fact that he was the man who had been driving around town with Rolls Royce over 20 years, they charged him to court and the case is in court”.
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